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Thoughts

Exclusive commentary and insights from Team CSC's deep fundamental research, repeatable investment process, and culture of continuous improvement.

Category: Economics at Large

Economics at Large

Tariffs Do Not Rock

Anyone who uses electrical components is a giant importer. This is a good look at what is happening on the border now. Not pretty. To

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Economics at Large

Reading Season

And I don’t mean 124 word Tweets. Annual Reports, 10-K’s and Proxies are “basic” and one would think everyone reads them so where is the

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Economics at Large

Riddle Me this Batman

“Buy these X stocks because Y will be elected.” Using the KBW Regional Banking Index (KRX), there was a 20% gain in Q4 2016 on

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Economics at Large

Probably Ignore It

”But what if you found out that key data underlying that breakthrough were actually wrong?” Academic research is fun-ish. A problem with making money from

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Economics at Large

Green Fees

Hedge Fund Veteran Slams Green ‘Echo Chamber’ After Closing Firm

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Economics at Large

Reverse Idiocy

The idea of regulation and the establishment of a legitimate exchange is to ensure that phony and fraudulent ideas DON’T go public in the first place.

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Economics at Large

Probably the 2nd Oldest Profession

Let’s be clear. Investing money is really about one of at least three things: structuring a pool of capital to meet stated goals, simply making

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Economics at Large

A $55 Billion Opinion: Chevron CEO

The International Energy Agency has forecasted that demand for fossil fuels will peak before 2030. “I don’t think they’re remotely right . . . You can build scenarios, but

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